snide smirks sardonic
~ Insensitivity's Tonic
Panting
~ something dogs-doo
my dictionary was once light and airy
But now it’s grown, it’s growly and bear-y
I think of it as cuddly like Drew Carey
or my cousins Perry, Terry and Jerry
my dictionary said he wants to marry
But thesaurus said no, according to Sherry
I try to keep them separate like me and Terry
But it does not work, said my mother Mary
A dictionary of tragedies, My next step deeper in vain than my last.
Whats the point of running, if I run in a circle back to my past.
Every new path I take, a new mistake I cant unmake,
A demon in all past lives, so now I burn myself at your stake.
I'll stop breathing, because you said you loved the colour blue,
I paint on and on until my fingers fall apart, but the red blood still shows through.
Happiness doesn't repel me, I suffer to hunt it away,
Without pain who am I? In the burning fire I find my way.
My agony is art that I'd rather die than stop making,
Ill patch myself up, but not so much that id stop breaking.
I walk into a storm, board a boat already drowning
I rip the open the stitches, Trying to salvage the sting.
Beauty doesn't come from within, it stems from my veins torn,
Scarlet, wine, maroon, in blood my prophecy scorned
I am taunted by my smug blue dictionary every day
she cajoles and teases me until I give in, allowing her way
her ready whispers and suggestions, give me rich new words
she happily spits out adjectives and curly enticing verbs
new information taps out a tune on my head
I read six more pages before I retire to bed.
I wake up in the morning and reach out for her
Like an eager kitty, she gives me a bit of a purr.
I find a word I don’t know on every page
the dictionary hunts me when I pay attention
Is it my curiosity or my old age?
I adore this special book bought with my pension.
changeover and changeabout
words that jumped and gave a shout
redundant if you ask me
while browsing in section C
Violence, a physical behavior intended to hurt someone.
Violence, the strike from his hand to her face.
Violence, the screamed threats as she cries.
I try not to panic.
Violence, was it intentional or did he just lash out?
Violence, is his word true beyond a doubt?
Violence, he tells us that he’s sorry.
I try to believe it.
Violence, the unlawful act of intimidation by exhibition.
Violence, the controller smashing into the TV.
Violence, an infant crying amidst the chaos.
I try to keep him calm.
Violence, she says that he loves us.
Violence, she claims he won’t hurt us.
Violence, I tell her she’s in denial.
She shuts me out.
Violence, strength of an emotion.
Violence, her screech at him to get out.
Violence, the slam of the door at his palm.
He leaves for hours.
Violence, her pleads over the phone to him.
Violence, his willingness to come back.
Violence, we never get to leave.
I tried to stay.
I tried to keep her safe.
I tried to break the violence.
But it is stronger than you think.
The dictionary is bedeviling me,
Open at a whim,
To glance all the wonderful words within.
Caught in its spell,
The words jumble,
And tell,
All about the world without.
The pieces all have meaning,
And though it may be lost,
Each word in the dictionary,
Has a cost.
Too often the words will tell,
And cast a spell.
Of stories or poems,
I can tell!
That ancient dictionary is very informative
It gives the words meanings, origins in details and opposites
Etymology and scientific historical search
As guardians of our own hearts
We've felt ourselves sprout from this mild dirt.
Aligned now in rows of love flowers,
We guard ourselves.
Storm after storm.
I think
pals are like a dictionary
I look at and love
it is not for their faults
to see my own faults through them.
There are faults in the dictionary
I think
we realizes and corrects
our own shortcomings
through the dictionary.
dictionary pup wanted to know each and every word.
he read the encyclopedias, which some said was absurd.
he took a pile of magazines and novels to his bed.
falling asleep among books that were green, blue and red.
you have to cut this out, his mother said, quite stern.
but how else will I glean knowledge? How else will I learn?
she had no argument for that, so he kept doing what he did.
he is a college professor at Yale, this inquisitive pup kid.
Let’s agree that our words mean something;
words like Ma and Pa, all those proto-vowels,
but also ‘prestigious’ and ‘disambiguation’
they also are layered with insights
for the perceptive.
Words can be as layered as Damascus steel,
more so,
they many even have roots
as deep as earth-time itself.
All interesting words have a winding history,
their meanings are associated,
linked with many more meanings.
Such words are symbols for myriad realities.
This kind of inquiry is never ending.
interpretation cannot be superficial,
poetry demands a deeper seeing.
Some words have no inner-life of their own,
such words have a paucity, a dearth,
they are derivatives of a shallow concept
given unsustainable implications.
From the very start they were everlastingly
empty.
The astute choose words
that mean more than can be said.
Dr Johnson I presume
May I enquire why Sir
This 2nd edition of your dictionary
Has so very few words and only 1 page
in it
Such as and if I may , can I quote you
Contempt
Corruption
Cruelty
Deceit
Disregard
Genocide
Lies
Manipulation
Power
Oh or am I missing the point is this
indeed in fact the Machiavelli
Political and Power special edition
They use to put your hand on for
swearing in ceremonies
The truth and nothing but the truth
So help me God
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